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by arbi
3-05-09
I've started digging up the garden,and have started some sunflowers inside.
Of course as soon as I leave I know the landlord is going to mow over anything I've planted. I'll have a bigger garden at the new place.
I'm leaving tonight for a one week study in west virginia, and then after that I go back to screen in KC. So no comics for a week.
So instead of having made nothing at all so far this year, I'll have made not much. Last year was slow, so far this year is worse. But as long as I keep screening, I'll keep getting studies. I get by.
LuckyGuess/456331/ oops i forgot to get my leaky tire fixed. it'll be flat after a week in WV.
I washed the dishes, called mom, started packing but otherwise didnt do anything today.
Wrote a memo yesterday, but not one of the memos I really need to write.

 

by arbi
3-11-09
It's tolerable here in Morgantown. I'm on a borrowed laptop where the TU^WXYZ key doesn't work, which is awkward for an aard*ark.
We get out tomorrow and get to go home friday.
My car broke down twice on the way here when we tried to take w irginia back roads, hoping to see the Palace of Gold, but we got lost.
hare rama, hare .. say is that an in*isible pink unicorn?
This place is a cramped barracks with big screen tele*isions blaring in e*ery room,and we're on some kind of opium patch, plus a blocker drug so we don't feel high,
but at least we don't get stabbed for blood in this study. car repairs will probably eat up whate*er i make here, but at least now my roommate's not broke anymore.

 

Her name was Margaret, but we called her Peg.
by arbi, 3-11-09

 

by arbi
4-04-09
I haven't made a comic in weeks. I haven't gotten much else done either.
I drove 2500 miles to arkansas - two trips - but didn't get in the study because they lost my ultrasound.
however my roommate jake did get in, so he'll have money now, which is a good thing. $5000 less expenses.
I get to try again later this month.
Almost every day I take two carloads of stuff to the house, so the moving is going pretty well, but it's all I get done.
The place is a hellhole - i've been in nicer jails. but for $5000 i'll do it.
Haven't written a memo, dug the garden, fixed my cle issues, or even made a new to do list.
this comic is lame, i just had to force myself to make something.

 

by arbi
4-06-09
today i made a list, 11 items, did 5 of them.
might have gotten more done if i'd gotten to bed before 5 am.
the basement's almost done. the front room is almost done except for the couch.
my crack whore friend came over and i let her in, after i've been so resolute about telling her to go away, so now i can expect her to keep hassling me.
i'm gonna load up one more volvofull of boxes, then head to the club, and drink too much to write the memo when i get home.
tomorrow: pay bills, email the doctor, call mom, make a better list.

 

by arbi
4-08-09
today i made a mental list, 5 items, did three of them.
called arkansas, went to the bank, paid bills, moved boxes, didn't call mom or make a better list. the basement is done, except for mopping it with bleach.
i dumpster dived a futon, a chair, a vcr and some plumbing supplies. last night, as I slept at the new house, i'd left the front door here unlocked and i had a burglar. nothing worth taking.
i have a pretty good idea who it was.
we have cable at the new place, and it has the potential to suck up a lot of time. i made green beans for dinner

 
by arbi, 4-10-09

 

by arbi
4-15-09
hmm stripcreator's not displaying correctly.. i'll try making a comic anyway, fix it later.
i didn't do my taxes today, but i did a lot else.
i moved out of my old apartment by 9:30 am. was spozed to be gone by midnight.
i cant tell if this is making a comic so i'll just stop here for now
6 loads laundry, checked mail, gutted the bathroom at 227, went to a tea party, cleaned the dining room and kitchen.

 

by arbi
4-16-09
stripcreator still isn't displaying properly. meanwhile, today i did 6 more loads of laundry,
cleaned half the front room, unloaded the car, and started digging the garden.
not even the clone panel button is working.
didn't do my taxes or make a better list.
i wonder if the problem is with this monitor.
when we towed the truck, it started right up. so all in all, a good day.

 

by arbi
4-19-09
whatever the display problem was for those last couple, it's fixed itself.
meanwhile, it's more of the same around here. spent a day sorting and folding the clothes i washed, and the next day putting it on hangers.
every day my handyman takes me to the hardware store, spends my money, wants some for himself, but we're making progress.
today i got rid of 10 boxes from the front room. 20 or 30 to go? a new tenant is moving into my old place, says she'll have the rent money soon. seems ok, although her boyfriend's a drunk.
i dug more of the garden and planted some "basil" indoors, in a nod to tomorrow, hitler's birthday, 4/20/09.
i'm off to the club again, once i put this next load of laundry into the dryer.

 

by arbi
4-20-09
today i made a list with 24 items and did 8 of them. the bmv was closed when i went to get truck plates. the dryer broke again so i'm not getting much laundry done.
the majicjack didn't self-install so i dont have a phone yet. i moved boxes from the porch to the living room, moved furniture from outside to the porch.
went to the club so i'm typing this drunk at 2 am. the icebox people are supposed to come fix the fridge. i dug more garden and cleaned out some of the car.
went to the bank. tomorrow i can get the truck plates and a haircut and do stuff online.
meanwhile, i watched a fred astaire movie and the marx brothers are on, but i'm going to bed.

 

by arbi
4-20-09
this is how i want the living room to look. wall to wall bookshelves, a few antiques to set off the fireplace and stained glass.
meanwhile it looks more like this. piles of boxes mostly.

 

by arbi
4-21-09
today i made a 7-item list. only got two done. got the truck plates and a haircut.
in yesterday's exciting episode, i didnt get the truck plates because the bmv is closed mondays.
so today my handyman Rochester gets pulled over for expired plates, $120 ticket, $120 towing fee, $70 plates. took us all day to find the place they towed it to and get it back.
since i was all the way out pendleton pike, i kept going to hancock county and fortville, where i got a $10 haircut.
yeah it was
the eccentric barber has converted an old caboose, and everything is train themed. i'm sure it's really cool if you are 9.
admit it, you thought it was cool too.

 

by arbi
4-22-09
today: more of the same. only had one thing on my list, fix the car. it isn't fixed yet because the parts - a rack and pinion- dont get in till tomorrow or friday, $300.
tomorrow's list: pay the back taxes on the old house and make a credit card payment. maybe check the mail. oh and pick up the bike i forgot today.
i used a rake and a garden weasel to smooth out the vegetable patch. i fertilized it with a bucket of rotten fish i've been saving for this purpose. it smells like you'd expect.
I have dishpan hands from scrubbing walls with ajax cleanser. i moved boxes from the living room to the stairs. the truck broke down, but we have a working dryer again. fridge still broke.
i was going to go out to the club tonight, then i thought of the writing stuff i'm not getting done, so i stayed in, but it's still not getting done.

 

by arbi
4-23-09
made a list with only two items on it. paid $1000 on my credit card, paid $2500 in back taxes so they city gave me my house back.
spent the day, it seemed, in meetings about the taxes. i might get a small refund from one mistake, but they won't refund the big mistake at least until i can prove more than i can prove right now.
talked to a couple nice people, and the guy who created the problem is no longer there.
other stuff, got the cats fed, talked to the mechanic, picked up my bike, time to make a new list, maybe go plant the garden.
flowers okra beets cukes zukes lettuce radish collard watermelon can'teloupe
i planted the garden today, and got the mower fixed and yard mowed and towed the truck again.
i have so little money in the bank that i can't really afford to keep going to the club, but i'm going tonight anyway. i'll have to work on that.

 

by arbi
4-25-09
biped/461874/ AngryAmerican/461867/
Swinechuck, Horsedick and Ting, how may I direct your call?
ring
It's been more of the same. getting 80% of the chores done and 20% of the memos.
Planted flowers, did laundry, hardware store, painted, worked on the phone not working situation, the car's fixed, fridge still broke, paid my crew, moved boxes, off to the clubs.
i planted peach cherry and blueberry today. no, not pop tarts.
tomorrow i pack, buy more flowers, take pics, gas up, call mom, and get ready to go to arkansas. (done.)
if there are any stripcreator readers in little rock, coffee/vegan lunch is on me. I'm sure little rock has lots of vegan joints, no?

 

How'd you get here?
Flu.
by arbi, 4-29-09

 

by arbi
4-29-09
Drove to arkansas to check into the $5,000 study. Got sent home for an irregular heartbeat.
Trouble is, I'd already spent the money I expected to make. Paid my back taxes and credit card, spent some on booze and hookers, wasted the rest.
I need to go get an oil change just for the 5,000 mi8les I've spent on 4 trips to arkansas in the past month or so.
It's the 4th, maybe 5th, time this year I've missed out on a $5000 study. My bank balance is about half what it was at the first of the year, so I'm stressing a bit.
However, I have a long to-do list at home of memos, so I might be able to make good use of the extra free time.
sigh

 

This just in!
Justice David "dave" Souter shy retiring type.
by arbi, 4-30-09

 

by arbi
5-03-09
see ComedyGeek/ 13-24
Jesus.
Petunia.
I see we have something in common.
??
We both cross-dress.

 

by arbi
5-03-09
so far today i've done the dishes and a little cleaning and spent an hour making a better to-do list. friday i went to kalamazoo and back. saturday i rested mostly.
my roommate's back from arkansas. love the guy but there's always little annoyances in sharing space - he leaves the windows open, e.g.
happy birthday to my sister in hawaii
i was going to finish this comic, but there's some kind of hornet buzzing around. off to get my can of /b/-Gone.

 
by arbi, 5-04-09

 

by arbi
5-04-09
yesterday i made a detailed to do list of some of the stuff that's been piling up. then yesterday and today, well, i've done pretty much none of it.
i called mom and moved some boxes around
there's now several feet of floor between the bed and the stacks of boxes... that's progress.
and i called kendle and sweet talked my way into a screening thursday, so tonight i go to michigan, from there west virginia. another $5000 study that i won't get into?

 

by arbi
5-08-09
3 days. 1200 miles. well, 1150, I shaved off 50 by taking Hypotenuse Highway from Michigan to WVirginia. I got a tire and an oil change.
I'm likely to get into either the $3600 Michigan study or the $5000 WVa one. Slept in the car. It rained, my shoes were wet. The doc says I can't have coffee anymore, because of my heart.
gas went from $1.96 to $2.29 during the trip.
By the second night my car was full of stuff dumpster dived from the students leaving morgantown for the summer.
I've spent today and last night unpacking and sorting, doing laundry. Finally mailed some xmas presents, and a mother's day card. Weeded the garden, moved some boxes, planned a bookshelf.
Being on the road this much has kept me from doing much else on the to do list - need to get refocused.
I am the looming specter of unfinished projects and missed deadlines. "Deadlines", he he. I kill me.

 

by arbi
5-10-09
I didn't get enough done today.
Still, I emailed the covance dr, called the phone company, tried to call mom, mowed the lawn, weeded the lawn, mulched the garden, worked with my handymen on chores, moved 20 boxes, dove dumpsters.
we are building bookshelves so someday the front room can look more like this.
I owe more than i thought on my credit card, and my law license is suspended until i take some cle's because i blew off a deadline. there are other items where i'm running late too.
so it was a good day, and i got some stuff done, but i didnt get enough done today. making these comics helps me focus. maybe tomorrow two more items from the list.

 

by arbi
5-15-09
This just in!
Madonna to marry Jesus.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1181617/Madonna-marry-Singer-plans-Kabbalah-ceremony-toyboy-Jesus-Luz-claims-father.htm
No, really.

 

by arbi
5-15-09
this just in!
Chuck and John Panozzo, Dennis DeYoung, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards to form supergroup.
I wonder what they'll call it.
Styx and Stones?

 

# 1 3/4 cups stone ground cornmeal # 3/4 cup all-purpose flour # 1 teaspoon salt # 2 teaspoons baking powder # 1 1/2 cups whole milk # 1 large egg # 4 tablespoons melted butter # 1 to 2 teaspoons oil
by arbi, 5-19-09

 

by arbi
5-21-09
biped/464584/
The loaf signal!
Like a bat outta hell i was gone gone
Who could that be at this time of night?
you don't suppose?
Loafing in public.

 

by arbi
5-25-09
I havent been making a lot of comics lately, because i've been stressing about an overdue memo.
"Motion for leave to file second supplement to complaint"
not yet inthe mail to the 7th circuit: motion to recall mandate.
Woke up at 6 am, banged out the memo, mailed it by noon, cleaned the house, bought a laptop, now i need to pack to leave for west virginia tonight for a month.
With the $5000 i hope to make in the WV study, I'll only be $10,000 in the hole for the year so far.
Well $10,400 counting the laptop.
I'll either see you in a month or make comics every day, depending on the internet connection. I hope I can access 4chan - need my /ck/ fix.

 

Why, yes, i recall the Mandate. It was a magazine, then a web site, than a meterosexual cliche. Or was it Easterbrook's yatch?
Thank you, Judge Posner
by arbi, 5-25-09

 

Hey Rocky, watch me pull a habit out of my rat!
by arbi, 5-25-09

 

by arbi
5-25-09
boloboffin/465057/
Hey pigs, **** off.

 

by arbi
5-27-09
I'm in West Virginia. We don't dose until tomorrow,and I'll be nervous until then, but everything's going fine.
New laptop, $400.
The drive here went ok. Transmission was screwy, so I took back roads. Broke down in Zanesville, but it started fine for the tow truck driver, and i kept it running the rest of the way, trying not
to fall asleep at the wheel without coffee.
Nice crowd here this study. No gangsters, mostly students and older folks.
I just took the drug that blocks the effects of the drug they give us tomorrow.

 

by arbi
5-27-09
yes, but we have to leave in two groups, one which will need two drivers.
Wait, who's driving?
Why? Tom, right?
Someone has to get Paul, and Julia and Emily have to leave by 10:00
The logistics of who can get drunk are nontrivial.
Yeah, and I can't ride in a car with the wolf because he'll eat my goat.
dammit guys

 

by arbi
5-27-09
If I stir my coffee fast, it rises in the cup and spashes out.
Are you pondering what I'm pondering?
A rotating space elevator?
The rotation makes the payload zoom up the cable without a motor,
L. Golubović and S. Knudsen. “Classical and Statistical mechanics of celestial-scale spinning strings: Rotating space elevators.” Europhysics Letters, 86 (2009)

 

by arbi
5-28-09
Hey Rocky, watch me pull a habit out of my rat!
Again?
yo, adrian

 

by arbi
5-29-09
http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1413
Pet rat?
No.. no problem.
Oh what a cute pet rat.

 

by arbi
6-01-09
no it was day 6, i lost track/
We've been at the study a week now. It's easy. We sit around and watch movies - Iron man again.
I'm online pretty much all day and night, although not getting any work done.
They took our blood 4 times today. They got us up at midnight, 2 am 4 am, 7 am.
After tomorrow, we get set free for a few days before the next round,and a couple days of stop in once a day for a blood draw.
Dunno where I'm gonna stay. Sleep in my car or tent - i've gotten some offers from craigslist from creepy old guys, that might work.

 

by arbi
6-03-09
http://ballots.blogspot.com
an interesting day. i paid a filing fee over the phone to keep my case from being dismissed, $455.
they took the patch off my arm so i can go take a shower. still pills and blood draws. mostly they just take our blood pressure now and then.
http://electionlawblog.org/
i spotted an election law story on the noon news while someone was flipping channels, and i've spent the day blogging about it and got it
picked up by a major blog. it's local, so i might run down there tomorrow. i dont usually blog from location.
there was a city council person who got arrested, the day before the election, for some election fliers
which are, of course, completely legal and protected by the first amendment.

 

by arbi
6-09-09
www.thebluemoosecafe.com
Day, 15 or 16? of 38. About to start the 2nd of 3 9 day sessions.
I'm writing this from the blue moose cafe in downtown morgantown.
sign on the wall says "unattended children will be given a shot of espresso and a free puppy". I'm having the tofu scramble, just to get something while i use the wifi.
During the break, I went to see my mom on the east coast; that went well. Car is just barely hanging on.
I found a bank and grabbed another $100 in pocket money. I have to keep spending low because this study is going to pay my property tax and credit card.
After this session I'll run back home to weed my garden.

 

by arbi
6-10-09
this comic may be too obscure for a few of you

 

by arbi
6-13-09
This just in!
penguins win cup.

 

by arbi
6-15-09
The supreme court is announcing cases this morning.
watch this comic change as news comes in. ok, just a couple of boring routine decisions. check back next week.
The court has reversed polar v Valdes
it's a rare case on the constitution's tonnage clause.
the court has decided to take an important case about florida beaches and property rights
The court has unanimously upheld Nijhuwan v Holder
Nijhuwah, from India, stole millions and is now banned from the country. Issue was about which things have to be proved to a jury.

 

by arbi
6-16-09
the supreme court has taken a case on how student loans are discharged in bankruptcy
so i emailed it to my ex, who discharged her student loan in bankruptcy, but they are garnishing her paycheck.
i also have had 4 posts to the electtionlawblog this week. i havee a slashdot post pending but it looks like volokh won't use my article. a couple of dailykos posts this week were based on my
clarksburg article. have i even told you guys about that yet? it's been my big project for the past ten days, aside from doing the study
the study itself is going just fine

 

by arbi
6-18-09
www.scotusblog.com/
This just in!
The supreme court announced 4 opinions, with 11 sttill to go, but not the two we're waiting for.
The court did something about age discriminattion lawsuits, freed some enron crook, some other case about a bank, and
reversed the 9th circus, denying a dna test for an innocent black guy serving 14 years for rape.
strange bedfellows - dissent in travelers idemnity
Good night Nino.
Good night, Ruth.

 

by arbi
6-19-09
francis bacon
http://xkcd.com/599/
kevin bacon
bacon

 

http://pajamasmedia.com/instapundit/80596/
by arbi, 6-22-09

 

RIP Ed McMahon, 86'd at 86.
by arbi, 6-23-09

 

by arbi
6-25-09
This just in! The Supreme Court will not announce the Citizen's United case until next Monday, the last day of the term.
A ninth circus en banc opinion rules for magic mike against Seattle.
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/407549_center24.html
(i cited this case in a brief i wrote a week later)
The 108 page opinion is a victory for free speech in public parks.

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